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A.`R. CLARKE.

SAVINGS BANK.

No. 591,110. Patented Oct. 5,189?Y 5o in shape.

ARTHUR R. CLARKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TI'IREE-FOURTIIS TOEMMA ALLARDYCE AND VICTOR DUMONT, OF PLACE.

sAvmes-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,110, datedOctober`5, 1897.

i Application filed May 10, 1,897. Serial No. 635,870y (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR R. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook. and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Savings-Banks, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a savings bank orY box for thereception and lo retention of coins; and it consists in certainpeculiarities ofthe construction and novel combinations and the`operation "of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth and specifically claimed.

r 5 The objects of my invention are to provide a savings bank or boxwhich shall be compact in form, attractive in appearance,stron g, anddurable, yet quite inexpensive in construction, and such a bank or boxfrom which zo the coins cannot be removed except by the destructionthereof or by the removal of certain parts of the device.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a mechanism to be operatedby the dez 5 posit of a coin of a specific denomination,

thereby affording as inducements to the depositor amusement and whendesired delivery to him of an article as a quid pro quo or compensation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which-my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe 1t,referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view ofthe bank or box embodying my invention. a plan viewthereof with the top and glass cover removed, showing the interiormechanism. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sec- 40 tional view takenon line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.

4. is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2, asindicated by the arrows;

and Fig. 5 is a detached perspective View of the'coin-carrying slide.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the different views ofthe drawings.

A represents a box or casing which may be made of any suitable size,form, and material, but preferably of sheet metal and rectagular Aboutthe middle and extending across the upper portion of the box is a ver-Fig. 2 is tical partition a, to the lower portion of which is secured ahorizontal partition CL', vwhich extends to near oneendof the casing Aand is then bent downwardly and then horizonj tally .to form thecompartment a2 for the reception of the slips of .paper h or otherarticles. Between the partition a and the opposite end of the casingfrom that in which the compartment a? is located is placed horizon- 6otally in the'upper part of the casing a iioor c, whose ends may besecured Ato the partition L and end of the casing in any suitablemanner.

The upper part of the casing is provided with a cover B, which has nearone of its ends a circular opening b', as shown in Fig. l of thedrawings. On the upper surface of the floor c is secured on a pivot dthe wheel D, which has in its periphery a series of teeth or pro- 7ojections d and on its upper surface ornamentalflgures cl2, which, asshown, may bein the shape of a five-pointed star, near each point ofwhich is placed the picture of a horse d3 or other object. Locatedabovethe wheel D and 7 5 resting on suitable lugs e, extending inwardlyfrom the sidesv of the casing, is a piece of glass E, which isprotected'by means of? the cover, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3of the drawings. The opening b in the cover B is 8o ofvsufficient sizeto cover the points or teeth dof the wheel, but to exhibit the points ofthe star or figure d2 thereon, and the edge of said opening is providedwith a projection b2 or indicatin g-m ark. 8 5

The end A of the casing is formed with a slot a3 for the reception andoperation of the sliding bar F, which bar has its outer end providedwith one or more projections f2 near 10o its inner end, as shown in Fig.5, to prevent the bar being entirely withdrawn from the casing. Abovethe slot a3 in which the bar F operates is located in a horizontalposition a piece I-I, which prevents the displacement of the coin Whileon the bar F in the event the box or casing should be inverted.Pivotally secured on the uppersurface of the partition Ct is a lever I,which is formed or provided with a projection or arm z', the free end ofwhich is downturned, as at i', to strike the teeth d of the wheel D'after said arm shall have been released from the coin. Secured at oneof its ends to the arm t' and at its other end to the casing is a springL, which actuates said arm and the lever to which it is secured. Eachside of the casing near the end A thereof is provided with slots c and02, through the former of which may be passed the slips of paper Z) orother articles which have been deposited in the compartment a2, theupper portion of which compartment is open, as shown in Fig. 3. Passingthrough the slot c2 and transversely over the guidepieces g is a slidingbar C, the outer end of which is upturned or formed with a handle c3,while its inner end is provided with a deflected spring c4, the end ofwhich may be pointed or provided with teeth c5, as shown in Fig. 3, toengage the slips of paper h or other articles. The lower surface of thebar C is formed or provided with an inclined lug or projection c,against which the coin may contact while resting on the sliding bar Fand as it is pushed into the casing. The articles placed in thecompartment a2 may be slips of paper h with suitable inscriptionsthereon or may be postage-stamps or other desirable articles.

To operate the device, the bar F is withdrawn until the projections f2near the inner end thereof strike against the wall a4 of the compartmenta2, when the coin may be placed on the bar in front of the projection fon the upper surface thereof, when the bar may be pushed inwardly, inwhich operation the coin will contact with the inclined lug cG on thebar C and slide said bar to the position indicated by dotted lines shownin Fig. 1i of the drawings. By pressing the bar F farther init (thelever) will be suddenly released therefrom, which operation will causethe downturned portion z" of the arm t' to strike the teeth d of thewheel D and cause said wheel to revolve with great speed on its pivot,in the revolution of which it will afford amusement to guess which oneof the figures d3 will stop nearest the point or goal-mark h2 of theopening in the cover. The sliding bar C may then be pushed inwardly,when the deiiected spring c4 thereof will engage one of the slips h andforce its end through the slot c', from which it may be removed. It isapparent that after the coin shall have passed the end of the lever Iand said lever assumed its normal position and the barF is withdrawn thecoin will be removed therefrom and deposited within the casing.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a casing,of a wheel or disk pivotally securedtherein and exposed to view, a spring-actuated lever pivotallysecured insaid casing and having an arm or extension, the free end of which isadapted to contact with the wheel, a sliding bar extending through thecasing near said lever and having means to secure a coin thereon, toengage the lever as the bar is pushedinwardly, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with a casing,of a wheel or disk pivotally securedtherein and exposed to view, a spring-actuated lever pivotally securedin said casing and having an arm or extension, the free end of which isadapted to engage the wheel, a sliding bar extending through the casingnear said lever and having means to secure a coin thereon to engage thelever as the bar is pushed inwardly, the transverse compartment at theend of the casing, in which the sliding bar is inserted, saidcompartment having slots or openings at each of its ends, and a slidingbar having on its lower surface an inclined lug and at its inner end adeflected piece, said sliding bar extending across the'iirst-named bar,substantially as described.

ARTHUR R. CLARKE.

lVitnesses:

UHAs. C. TILLMAN, E. A. DUGGAN.

